Faculty Profile

Stephen Mandiberg

Title
Senior Lecturer
Department
Media Arts
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of California San Diego, 2015. 
Major: Communication
MA, New York University, 2008. 
Major: Media, Culture and Communication
BA, Carleton College, 2003. 
Major: Art History





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
MRTS 5121.001, Digital Media Studies, Spring 2024 
MRTS 4125.001, History and Theory of Film Remakes, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 5205.001, History and Theory of Film Remakes, Spring 2024 
MRTS 3630.100, Perspectives on Video Games, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 3445.001, Video Game Histories, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MRTS 3630.001, Perspectives on Video Games, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.100, Perspectives on Video Games, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Topics in Digital Media Studies, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3445.001, Video Game Histories, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5400.001, Media Studies Seminars, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.100, Perspectives on Video Games, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Topics in Digital Media Studies, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3445.001, Video Game Histories, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5400.001, Media Studies Seminars, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.001, Perspectives on Video Games, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.100, Perspectives on Video Games, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Topics in Digital Media Studies, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3445.001, Video Game Histories, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4125.001, History and Theory of Film Remakes, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5950.776, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    MRTS 5515.001, Media Genres and Authors, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5400.001, Media Studies Seminars, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.100, Perspectives on Video Games, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Topics in Digital Media Studies, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3445.001, Video Game Histories, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5950.776, Master's Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    MRTS 4350.001, Media Authors, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5515.001, Media Genres and Authors, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.001, Perspectives on Video Games, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3630.100, Perspectives on Video Games, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3445.001, Video Game Histories, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 2400.001, Digital Media Writing, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 2400.002, Digital Media Writing, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.002, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.100, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5950.776, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    MRTS 5515.001, Media Genres and Authors, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4415.001, Topics in Film and Television Studies, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 2400.001, Digital Media Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 2400.002, Digital Media Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.002, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.100, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5900.778, Special Problems, Fall 2020 
                    

                    MRTS 3410.100, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.100, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MRTS 3410.101, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MRTS 5515.001, Media Genres and Authors, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MRTS 5400.001, Media Studies Seminars, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Media Studies Topics, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MRTS 5804.001, MFA Colloquium, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MRTS 4415.001, Topics in Film and Television Genres, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MRTS 2980.001, Experimental Course, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.001, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.100, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3410.101, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.100, Media Studies Topics, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5515.001, Media Genres and Authors, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.002, Media Studies Topics, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.100, Media Studies Topics, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4415.001, Topics in Film and Television Genres, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 3610.002, Film and Television Analysis, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5400.002, Media Studies Seminars, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.002, Media Studies Topics, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.003, Media Studies Topics, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.100, Media Studies Topics, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4350.001, Film Authors, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5400.002, Media Studies Seminars, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Media Studies Topics, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.002, Media Studies Topics, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5515.004, Media Genres and Authors, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.002, Media Studies Topics, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.003, Media Studies Topics, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4415.003, Topics in Film and Television Genres, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Mandiberg, S. J. (2021). Video Games Have Never Been Global: Resituating Video Game Localization History. Game History and the Local. Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030664213
Mandiberg, S. J. (2014). Games, Localization and Diaspora. Fun For All: Translation and Accessibility Practices in Video Games. 217-242.  Bern: Peter Lang AG. 
Journal Article
Mandiberg, S. J. (2018). Fallacies of game localization: Censorship and #TorrentialDownpour. Other. 4(2), 162-182. John Benjamins Publishing Company. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jial.00002.man
Mandiberg, S. J. (2015). Playing (with) the Trace: Localized Culture in Phoenix Wright. Other. 5(1), 111-141. https://www.kinephanos.ca/2015/playing-with-the-trace/
Mandiberg, S. J. (2012). Translation and/as Interface. Other. 6(10), 53-70. http://journals.sfu.ca/loading/index.php/loading/article/view/114
Cartwright, L., Mandiberg, S. J. (2009). Obama and Shepard Fairey: The Copy and Political Iconography in the Age of the Demake. Other. 8(2), 172-176. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14704129090080020303



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Teaching   
Mandiberg, S. J., "Wikimedia Rapid Grant," Sponsored by Wikimedia Foundation, Other, $230 Funded. (February 2018).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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